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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
915 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY
OUT 60 NM...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 915 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PACIFIC REEF TO NEAR ANGELFISH KEY TO 6 NM
NORTHWEST OF NORTH NEST KEY, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BUTTONWOOD SOUND, DUSENBERRY CREEK, MOSQUITO BANK LIGHT, BLACKWATER
SOUND, GRECIAN ROCKS, BARNES SOUND, AND KEY LARGO DRY ROCKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2512 7995 2504 8026 2504 8049 2506 8048
2502 8068 2521 8063 2524 8054 2520 8050
2530 8039 2527 8033 2520 8035 2519 8041
2519 8036 2514 8041 2516 8046 2513 8042
2507 8047 2514 8037 2532 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 354DEG 14KT 2534 8007 2527 8026 2525 8056
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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